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UNIT 1: MY TIME Lesson: Grammar Student’s book page 14 1. The present simple tense 2. Adverbs of frequency
The present simple Let’s look at and answer the question: When do we use the present simple? How do we make sentences in the present simple? Adverbs of frequency – how and when do we use them?
Function: When do we use the present simple ? I work every Saturday afternoon in a shop, so I usually do exercise in the mornings. Look at what the girl says. She talks about two actions. Which are they? 1. I work every Saturday afternoon. 2. I usually do exercise in the mornings . Which action describes a habit or routine? I usually do exercise in the mornings. Which action describes something that is always (or usually) true? I work every Saturday afternoon in a shop.
Function: When do we use the present simple? 1. For something that is usually or always true. I work every Saturday afternoon in a shop. 2. For routines and habits (often with adverbs of frequency). I usually do exercise in the mornings. This is something that is true. It’s a fact. Usually is an adverb of frequency. It tells us how often the girl does exercise. More on these later…
Form: present simple in positives, negatives and questions Look at the examples and complete the patterns for the positive, negative and question forms with the boxes below. positive e.g. I work in a shop and my brother works in a bakery. + subject negative e.g. I don’t eat meat and my mother doesn’t eat fish. + + subject question e.g. Do you live here? Where does your sister live? ) + + + ? qu. word subject verb or verb + - s/- es /- ies auxiliary don’t/doesn’t verb infinitive auxiliary do/does verb infinitive
Form: present simple in positives, negatives and questions Look at the examples and patterns for the positive, negative and question forms again. positive e.g. I work in a shop and my brother works in a bakery. + subject negative e.g. I don’t eat meat and my mother doesn’t eat fish. + + subject question e.g. Do you live here? Where does your sister live? ) + + + ? qu. word subject verb or verb + - s/- es /- ies auxiliary don’t/doesn’t verb infinitive auxiliary do/does verb infinitive With which person ( I, you, he/she/it, we, they ) do we add - s/- es /- ies to the verb in the positive? Third person singular: he/she/it With which person ( I, you, he/she/it, we, they ) do we use the auxiliary does instead of do in negatives and questions? Third person singular: he/she/it
Form: present simple in positives, negatives and questions positive e.g. I work in a shop and my brother works in a bakery. + subject verb or verb + - s/- es /- ies negative e.g. I don’t eat meat and my mother doesn’t eat fish. + + subject auxiliary don’t/doesn’t verb infinitive question E.g. Do you live here? Where does your sister live? ) + + + ? qu. word auxiliary do/does subject verb infinitive We only change or add to the verb in the present simple in the third person singular ( he/she/it ). Look! ‘ I work in a shop.’ ‘ They work in a shop.’ ‘ You work in a shop.’ No change to the verb! In the negative and question form in the third person singular ( he/she/it ), we use doesn’t/does not/does. The infinitive of a verb is the form you find in a dictionary, e.g. eat, drink, work . Some questions ( yes/no questions) don’t have a question words. But here we add an - s. ‘He works in a bakery.’
Function: adverbs of frequency Adverbs of frequency tell us how often or frequently we do something. For example, ‘ I usually do exercise everyday.’ 100% 50% 0% Frequency Usually is an adverb of frequency. It tells us how often the girl does exercise. never sometimes not usually often not often always usually
Function: adverbs of frequency 100% 50% 0% Frequency Adverbs of frequency tell us how often or frequently we do something. I always read before bed. I usually read before bed. I often read before bed. I sometimes read before bed. I don’t often read before bed. I don’t usually read before bed. I never read before bed. Adverbs of frequency are very common in the present simple. The adverbs not often and not usually are negative, so we must use the auxiliary verb don’t or doesn’t.
She is late. 1 2 3 Adverbs of frequency: word order Now we know when to use adverbs of frequency, but how do we use them? He arrives late. 4 1 3 2 4 Look at this example. Where in the sentence (position 1, 2, 3, or 4) do we put the adverb of frequency? always Position 3 How about with this example? Which position now? Position 2 always
Adverbs of frequency: word order Usually and s ometimes can also go at the beginning of the sentence, e.g. ‘Sometimes I arrive late.’ 1. After the verb to be . 2. Before any other verbs . e.g. She is always late. Tim is never on time. e.g. He always arrives early. Mary sometimes travels for work
Practice activities play have watch take dance go play play do play sing
1. My brother and sister doesn’t live in London. My brother live in Cambridge and my sister live in Brighton. Practice activities All of these examples have errors. Correct them and explain why. 2. Angela always is happy at work. She enjoy working with animals. 3. A: Does Fred and Carl like spaghetti Bolognese? B. No. Carl no eat meat. 4. A. How often do you goes to the cinema? B: I go usually once a week. 5. Laura is speaking three languages: French, English and German. She work for the UN. 6. I not often go out on Mondays because I usually am tired. don’t live lives lives is always enjoys Do doesn’t eat go usually go speaks works don’t often am usually
WRAP - UP 1. The present simple tense 2. Adverbs of frequency
HOMEWORKS 1. Learn by hard the grammar: present simple tense and adverb of frequency 2. Write 10 sentences about your main hobbies (using the present simple tense and adverb of frequency) 3. Do exercise 4, 5, 6 on page 14 – Student’s book.